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Baked Olive Lentil Fritters aka Dal Vada

Baked Olive Lentil Fritters aka "Dal Vada"

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Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes
Servings: 12
Author: Shashi
A delicious, baked fritter packed with lentils and black olives - crispy on the outside and so tasty on the inside! These would make a healthy and wonderful appetizer as well as protein and oat packed breakfast!

Ingredients

  • 3 tablespoons rolled oats
  • 1 cup dry lentils - lentils need to be soaked for 1-4 hours. Once they are soaked I used red, they double in quantity and 1 cup dry lentils yields about 2 cups soaked lentils
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 1/2 inch piece of fresh ginger
  • 1 small onion chopped about 4 tablespoons
  • 2/3 cups chopped California Black Ripe Olives
  • 1/2 teaspoon cumin
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 jalapeno chopped seeds removed according to your love of heat
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • Olive Oil - for brushing

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 400 degrees
  • Add the oats, soaked lentils, ginger, garlic, cumin, salt into a food processors and pulse till lentils are like powder almost.
  • Stir in the chopped onion, California Black Ripe Olives, jalapeno and baking powder
  • Form into circles
  • Flatten each circle
  • Brush with olive oil
  • Bake for 20 minutes
  • Eat while still warm with ketchup or sambal oelek.
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